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... fathers and mothers , who loved and cared for us more than many fashionable fathers and mothers do for their young ones now - a- days . For instance , we always breakfasted , dined , and drank tea with them ; for it was the creed in our ...
... fathers and mothers , who loved and cared for us more than many fashionable fathers and mothers do for their young ones now - a- days . For instance , we always breakfasted , dined , and drank tea with them ; for it was the creed in our ...
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... fathers and loving mothers , has grown , blos- somed , and borne fruit , in one or two lives , that were so humbly useful and truly good , they were not valued till they were lost to this world . " So angels walked unknown on earth ...
... fathers and loving mothers , has grown , blos- somed , and borne fruit , in one or two lives , that were so humbly useful and truly good , they were not valued till they were lost to this world . " So angels walked unknown on earth ...
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... Father Dik , the cobbler of the village , came for his modest pint of sour Stildorf beer , and screw of tobacco , his fair - time indulgencies , for he was a very ― poor man and had no money to spare for luxuries . Hunger was the sauce ...
... Father Dik , the cobbler of the village , came for his modest pint of sour Stildorf beer , and screw of tobacco , his fair - time indulgencies , for he was a very ― poor man and had no money to spare for luxuries . Hunger was the sauce ...
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... Look at this straight thing with never a bend or a knot in it from end to end . I'll have none of it ! " " You don't seem to speak your opinion , " said the pedlar to Father Dik , who had been 20 THE PEDLAR OF STILDORF .
... Look at this straight thing with never a bend or a knot in it from end to end . I'll have none of it ! " " You don't seem to speak your opinion , " said the pedlar to Father Dik , who had been 20 THE PEDLAR OF STILDORF .
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Frances Freeling Broderip. said the pedlar to Father Dik , who had been quietly looking on , but saying nothing ; " don't you think any of these articles would find a purchaser in you 99 " I should like any of them , master , " replied ...
Frances Freeling Broderip. said the pedlar to Father Dik , who had been quietly looking on , but saying nothing ; " don't you think any of these articles would find a purchaser in you 99 " I should like any of them , master , " replied ...
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